EPISODE 16: You Don’t Have to Be Mother Teresa: The Five Global Goer Types

I just got off a call with a former Anderson Consulting executive who coaches aspiring cross-cultural workers how to start legitimate businesses in countries where religious visas don’t exist. And I thought — he is not at all what I imagined a global goer would look like.

That’s what this episode is about. After a lifetime of living among cross-cultural workers and walking alongside hundreds of families moving overseas, I’ve noticed that there are five distinct types of global goers. Five different motivations. Five different ways God wires people to make a difference in the world.

If you’ve ever thought “I’m not sure I’m the right TYPE of person for this” — this episode is for you. And if you’re a church leader or mobilizer trying to find and recruit the right people — this one’s for you too.

In this episode:

• Why your image of a global goer might be way too small
• The difference between community development and frontier missions (and why it matters)
• Why knowing your Global Goer Type gives you permission to be who God wired you to be
• How mobilizers and church leaders can use the five types as a recruiting tool
• A full walk-through of all five types:
  • The Bleeding Heart,
  • The Strategic Thinker,
  • The Meaning and Purpose Champion,
  • The Adventure Seeker,
  • and The Obedient Disciple
• A behind-the-scenes peek at the book I’m writing about this

Resouces: 

Take the Global Goer Quiz (before you listen — seriously, do it first!):

Free Chapter 9 download — Wrestling With Calling, Gifting and Personalities

Across the Street and Around the World (my book):

Listen to:

• Episode 14: Discerning Your Calling — Part 1 How to Know if You Should Go (Apple Podcast)
• Episode 15:  Discerning Your Calling — Part 2 Called to a Who, Not a Where (Apple Podcast)
  
  

Find me on Instagram and DM me — which Global Goer Type are you?

And is the Five Global Goer Types book something you’d want to read? I really want to know.